Our lovely MP3 motor tricycle after our crash last month - 1.
Well, there we were making our way down to Exmoor. A Damn Fine Woman was on the pillion and we were just cruising along a National Speed Limit A road, at 60mph, mid afternoon on a day with light traffic and good visibility. All that came to an end when a car driver failed to Give Way from a lane on our left and turned right across our path about 30m ahead of us ! The MP3 had large white front fairing panels, four forward facing lights and both of us were wearing yellow flourescent / reflective hi-viz waterproofs from head to toe as it had been raining earlier in the journey. Despite me positioning to the crown of the road and backing off the gas on the approach, to make it easier for the car driver to see us, it appears he didn't and we T-boned him still doing 40-50mph. Ouch !!! ADFW was thrown off the pillion seat and right over the top of the car, landing on the road at the far side. Miraculously she didn't break a single bone although she was bruised (and I do mean BRUISED) from head to toe. I landed on the impact side with the bike on my feet and suffered a broken hip and a cracked tibia plus some cuts and bruises. My chest and abdomen had been badly crushed, I was having serious difficulty breathing and I could taste blood at the back of my throat. Thankfully there was a paramedic on his way to work, in one of the cars behind us so we received expert medical help within seconds. He must have been worried about me though because he called for the Air Ambulance and the Police called it in as a potential fatal and kept the road closed while they did all the crash forensics. Fortunately no internal organs were ruptured, just heavily bruised, and my torso has recovered well. I spent three weeks in hospital, had two hip operations and may need at least one more but I hope to be walking again by Christmas. The car driver was uninjured and has been reported for Careless Driving Thank God for our armoured motorcycle suits which we were wearing under our hi-viz waterproofs; both of us could have been much more seriously injured without them. In 40 years of 24/7/365 motorcycling, doing up to 30,000 miles p.a. this is the first time I've been "unhorsed" in a collision with another vehicle and only the second time I've actually crashed so I guess I've been fortunate. There's old motorcyclists and there's bold motorcyclists, but there are no old bold motorcyclists. I'm 61 in a few days so I guess that makes be a very un-bold motorcyclist !!! lol.
Our lovely MP3 motor tricycle after our crash last month - 1.
Well, there we were making our way down to Exmoor. A Damn Fine Woman was on the pillion and we were just cruising along a National Speed Limit A road, at 60mph, mid afternoon on a day with light traffic and good visibility. All that came to an end when a car driver failed to Give Way from a lane on our left and turned right across our path about 30m ahead of us ! The MP3 had large white front fairing panels, four forward facing lights and both of us were wearing yellow flourescent / reflective hi-viz waterproofs from head to toe as it had been raining earlier in the journey. Despite me positioning to the crown of the road and backing off the gas on the approach, to make it easier for the car driver to see us, it appears he didn't and we T-boned him still doing 40-50mph. Ouch !!! ADFW was thrown off the pillion seat and right over the top of the car, landing on the road at the far side. Miraculously she didn't break a single bone although she was bruised (and I do mean BRUISED) from head to toe. I landed on the impact side with the bike on my feet and suffered a broken hip and a cracked tibia plus some cuts and bruises. My chest and abdomen had been badly crushed, I was having serious difficulty breathing and I could taste blood at the back of my throat. Thankfully there was a paramedic on his way to work, in one of the cars behind us so we received expert medical help within seconds. He must have been worried about me though because he called for the Air Ambulance and the Police called it in as a potential fatal and kept the road closed while they did all the crash forensics. Fortunately no internal organs were ruptured, just heavily bruised, and my torso has recovered well. I spent three weeks in hospital, had two hip operations and may need at least one more but I hope to be walking again by Christmas. The car driver was uninjured and has been reported for Careless Driving Thank God for our armoured motorcycle suits which we were wearing under our hi-viz waterproofs; both of us could have been much more seriously injured without them. In 40 years of 24/7/365 motorcycling, doing up to 30,000 miles p.a. this is the first time I've been "unhorsed" in a collision with another vehicle and only the second time I've actually crashed so I guess I've been fortunate. There's old motorcyclists and there's bold motorcyclists, but there are no old bold motorcyclists. I'm 61 in a few days so I guess that makes be a very un-bold motorcyclist !!! lol.